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aklim · #**121** 12-30-2008, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by LaRondo

How much would it be worth it to you, if I did?

Well, since we are talking impossibilities here, why don't you quote me a price? Also, can you make the sun rise in the west while you are at it? How about a package deal for the both items?

I'll have the check in the mail after the new year, fair enough?

LUVMBDiesels · #**122** 12-30-2008, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Plantman

They aren't breaking out the big bombs, I think they are stategically trying to carve out small(relatively speaking) precise attacks and trying to hurt as little civilians as possible.

Israelis stand in front of children and protect them, those crazy mofo's use them as shields!

If Israel wanted to, they could eliminate them all rather quick. That would be foolish, but they could do it.

It's rather simplistic, but if I were Hamas, I would stop lobbying mortars into Israel, unless I wanted to die! Virgins anyone?

Get some swine blood, vaporize it and drop it by an aerosol. Then they can't get to see the virgins......

Howie posted the something along those lines, referencing a WW1 general that used that same philosophy to control radical muslims.

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Exactly!

Remember that it was NOT Israel who stared this latest round of insanity. They put up with 1888 rocket attacks DURING the so called truce before retaliating and they waited until the truce had expired and then WARNED the GAZANs that it was coming.

I can't see how they have been anything but restrained. If they had wanted to they could have carpet bombed the entire strip back into dirt.

To get back to TD's point about the Egyptians and the Jordanians non-occupation of the Gaza and the West Bank, If they were soconcerned about the poor Palestinians, why the heck did they not set up an independent Palestine in the ares that they had kept out of the dirty Imperialistic Zionist hands in 1949? Why did they keep the poor pitiful Palestinians in refugee camps in their own territrory? I must be ****** stupid to not understand this!
Can you explain it to me? (in one syllable words?)

Just to let it be known -- I do not like what is going on over there. I wish that both sides could have made the Oslo accords work. However, I cannot stand the anti-Israeli slant to all the media and the blatant bias against Israel and Jews in general.

The Palestinians have a great propaganda machine working all over the world and even in this country. I watched the NY news shows this morning and it is all about the terrible things the Zionists are doing to the poor pitiful Gazans as well as stirring tributes to the herioc fighters who are refusing to stop throwing rockets at kindegartens. There are protests in the streets under Palestinian flags, but NO COVERAGE of any protests over HAMAS' actions, which, and I will repeat myself, STARTED this round of insanity.

OK I gotta get some work done.. I has been fun

Carleton Hughes · #**123** 12-30-2008, 10:16 AM

During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to live on food and water for several days.

BENZ-LGB · #**124** 12-30-2008, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by LaRondo

I already mentioned a few times how much I appreciate you being my personal MSforum spellcheck.

It is a thankless (and never ending) job, but someone has to help you. English is obviously still a foreign tongue to you.

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Originally Posted by LaRondo

Your lifetime is not enough to figure out yourself, Ernie.

Ernie, Ernesto, Ernest, Ernst...it is of no consequence. To paraphrase Shakespeare (you know, another one of of those English writers that you probably have not heard of ) "...would a hammer be any less destructive (or painful) by any other name..."

Bang...bang...bang....

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Originally Posted by LaRondo

Btw, who's Tom Thumb? Never heard of him. Must be living somewhere in your neighborhood.

I am no longer surprised by the gaps in your education.

In my never ending quest to edify and educate the less fortunate, here you have it, from the Wiki:

Tom Thumb is a traditional hero in English folklore who is no bigger than his father's thumb.

Various allusions to Tom Thumb are included in sixteenth century works; in his Discovery of Witchcraft, Reginald Scot includes Tom Thumbe in a list of folkloric creatures such as witches and satyrs that nursemaids told their charges about until the children were frightened of their own shadows.[1]

Folktales featuring Tom Thumb as the hero appear in print in the seventeenth century.[2]

Aside from the folk tale, Tom Thumb figures in Henry Fielding's The Tragedy of Tragedies, or the History of Tom Thumb the Great, which became, when printed, The Author's Farce (1731).

The name is often applied people or objects of small stature.

Had the "superior" Aryans not blundered during WWII, you might be a tad more conversant with English literature.

tankdriver · #**125** 12-30-2008, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by LUVMBDiesels

To get back to TD's point about the Egyptians and the Jordanians non-occupation of the Gaza and the West Bank, If they were soconcerned about the poor Palestinians, why the heck did they not set up an independent Palestine in the ares that they had kept out of the dirty Imperialistic Zionist hands in 1949? Why did they keep the poor pitiful Palestinians in refugee camps in their own territrory? I must be ****** stupid to not understand this!
Can you explain it to me? (in one syllable words?)

It seems very simple to me. It's the same reason refugees who make it to America are not granted land to form a new state. We Americans are concerned about Haitian refugees, but we still try to stop them form coming in.
Jordan especially would be overrun by Palestinians flooding in. They would do the same thing Jews did - immigrate in huge waves. Which would destabilize the country before destroying it.

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Just to let it be known -- I do not like what is going on over there. I wish that both sides could have made the Oslo accords work. However, I cannot stand the anti-Israeli slant to all the media and the blatant bias against Israel and Jews in general.

The Palestinians have a great propaganda machine working all over the world and even in this country. I watched the NY news shows this morning and it is all about the terrible things the Zionists are doing to the poor pitiful Gazans as well as stirring tributes to the herioc fighters who are refusing to stop throwing rockets at kindegartens. There are protests in the streets under Palestinian flags, but NO COVERAGE of any protests over HAMAS' actions, which, and I will repeat myself, STARTED this round of insanity.

OK I gotta get some work done.. I has been fun

Now that's ridiculous. Our media reports a fraction of what goes on in Israel. We have the most pro-Israel news not from Israel. The only reason this made the news is because so many people were killed, it's not over yet, and because there's nothing interesting going on in America. When I got the BBC News on PBS, I'd get news about Israel every day, while at the same time getting none on American news. Rest assured, if Obama wants to make some big announcement, the coverage on Israel would disappear.

Chris Bell · #**126** 12-30-2008, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Carleton Hughes

During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to live on food and water for several days.

The Horror, the horror.

cudaspaz · #**127** 12-30-2008, 04:37 PM

Well, I guess we will see if obama "Stands with the Muslims if the political winds turn in an ugly direction."

LUVMBDiesels · #**128** 12-30-2008, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by tankdriver

It seems very simple to me. It's the same reason refugees who make it to America are not granted land to form a new state. We Americans are concerned about Haitian refugees, but we still try to stop them form coming in.
Jordan especially would be overrun by Palestinians flooding in. They would do the same thing Jews did - immigrate in huge waves. Which would destabilize the country before destroying it.

See I am STILL not getting it The Egyptians overran and OCCUPIED GAZA and the Jordanians did the same thing to the West Bank. If I recall both of these areas were part of the Arab section of the country. In other words the Palestininans were refugees in their OWN COUNTRY. It had nothing to do with Jordanian or Egyptian territory (in Jordan or Egypt)

Am I missing something here? or are you?

Botnst · #**129** 12-30-2008, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Carleton Hughes

During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to live on food and water for several days.

A brief walk in the Hindu Kush?

tankdriver · #**130** 12-30-2008, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by LUVMBDiesels

See I am STILL not getting it The Egyptians overran and OCCUPIED GAZA and the Jordanians did the same thing to the West Bank. If I recall both of these areas were part of the Arab section of the country. In other words the Palestininans were refugees in their OWN COUNTRY. It had nothing to do with Jordanian or Egyptian territory (in Jordan or Egypt)

Am I missing something here? or are you?

There was no Arab section of the country. 1)The arabs were throughout the region, and 2)there wasn't a country. The europeans really screwed the pooch after WWI and never made definitive decisions or even certain border lines. The whole plot of land was practically a no man's land.

We both agreed it was a messed up situation. The war in 48 started because the English abandoned the region to the fates before decisions could be reached as to who got what - the same thing they didn't decide after WWI. Jews came and took the land. They won.

The important point here is, if you share the wealth, there is less reason for fighting. If you show no mercy, the cornered dog will fight. You better be willing to commit genocide if you're going to corner the whole group. I want to mix another metaphor, but I can't think of any.

aklim · #**131** 12-30-2008, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by tankdriver

The important point here is, if you share the wealth, there is less reason for fighting. If you show no mercy, the cornered dog will fight.

You better be willing to commit genocide if you're going to corner the whole group.

In theory, that is a good solution. OTOH, it is kinda hard to ask someone to share the wealth with someone who is either trying to kill you or supporting someone who is trying to kill you.

Wish they would and end the problem once and for all.

LaRondo · #**132** 12-31-2008, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BENZ-LGB

It is a thankless (and never ending) job, but someone has to help you. English is obviously still a foreign tongue to you.

Ernie, Ernesto, Ernest, Ernst...it is of no consequence. To paraphrase Shakespeare (you know, another one of of those English writers that you probably have not heard of ) "...would a hammer be any less destructive (or painful) by any other name..."

Bang...bang...bang....

I am no longer surprised by the gaps in your education.

In my never ending quest to edify and educate the less fortunate, here you have it, from the Wiki:

Tom Thumb is a traditional hero in English folklore who is no bigger than his father's thumb.

Various allusions to Tom Thumb are included in sixteenth century works; in his Discovery of Witchcraft, Reginald Scot includes Tom Thumbe in a list of folkloric creatures such as witches and satyrs that nursemaids told their charges about until the children were frightened of their own shadows.[1]

Folktales featuring Tom Thumb as the hero appear in print in the seventeenth century.[2]

Aside from the folk tale, Tom Thumb figures in Henry Fielding's The Tragedy of Tragedies, or the History of Tom Thumb the Great, which became, when printed, The Author's Farce (1731).

The name is often applied people or objects of small stature.

Had the "superior" Aryans not blundered during WWII, you might be a tad more conversant with English literature.

Wow, a spittoon in such a noble neighborhood!

Look, Ernie, I don't patronize English literature, as it happens to bore me to death. *

Now, if you on the other hand, would have visited more than just a minor part of the British Isles, also known as "England Ahoi!", you might have come to a more versatile understanding of Aryans and Superiority.

But for the time being, you keep diggin' the spittoons ...

* edit: more specifically, your interpretations of English literature.

Ps. Read some of Ephraim Kishon's episodes and you might find out that my antisemitism, as you quote it, exists primarily in your imagination.

"They made a mistake—they left one satirist alive."

LaRondo · #**133** 12-31-2008, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by aklim

Well, since we are talking impossibilities here, why don't you quote me a price? Also, can you make the sun rise in the west while you are at it? How about a package deal for the both items?

I'll have the check in the mail after the new year, fair enough?

A check. That's all?